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In Preparation for the ‘Beacon for Freedom of Expression’

The Arab Reform Forum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, hosts a two-day preparatory workshop, 16-17 June 2004, on the "Beacon for Freedom of Expression Conference" to be hosted at the Library in September 2004. The workshop hosts 50 intellectuals and thinkers from Egypt and the Arab World, to work ...

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What Comes Next After the ‘Alexandria Document?"

In an article for the Egyptian newspaper Al- Ahram, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, wrote about the “Alexandria Document,” issued at the Library, following the “Civil Society Conference on Critical Reforms in the Arab World,” 12-14 March 2004. In his article “What ...

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Transit of Venus, Hasn’t Happened in 122 Years

In a rare astronomical occurrence, visitors to the Planetarium and Science Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, were able to witness yesterday, the passing of Planet Venus in front of the Sun, an astronomical phenomenon that has not occurred in 122 years and prophesized by the German astronomer ...

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Planetarium Closed to Public for Two Days

The Planetarium facility will be closed to the public on Wednesday, 2 June, and Thursday, 3 June 2004, for regular maintenance. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. ...

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Library Director Featured in L.A. Times

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina and its director, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, were featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times on 19 May 2004, after Dr. Serageldin delivered a lecture on the Library at Los Angeles’s J. Paul Getty Center. To read the full text of the article, please click the following ...

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